# explorar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explōrāre. First attested in 1495.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əks.pluˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əks.ploˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eks.ploˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ), -a
* Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧rar
* Homophone: explorà (except Valencian)

### Verb

explorar (first-person singular present exploro, first-person singular preterite explorí, past participle explorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to explore

#### Related terms

* exploració
* explorador

### References

* ↑ “explorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “explorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “explorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “explorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eksplɔˈɾaɾ/ [eks̺.plɔˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧rar

### Verb

explorar (first-person singular present exploro, first-person singular preterite explorei, past participle explorado)
* to explore

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* exploración
* explorador
* exploratorio

### Further reading

* “explorar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “explorar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin explorāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

explorar
* (transitive) to explore

#### Related terms

* exploracion
* explorator

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [is.ploˈɾa(h)], /es.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [es.ploˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [is.ploˈɾa(h)], /es.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [es.ploˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.ploˈɾa(ɾ)/, /es.ploˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.ploˈɾa(χ)], /eʃ.ploˈɾa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.ploˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.ploˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/, /ɐjʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/, /ɐjʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/, /ejʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/, /ejʃ.pluˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pluˈɾa.ɾi/, /eʃ.pluˈɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

explorar (first-person singular present exploro, first-person singular preterite explorei, past participle explorado)
* to explore
* to exploit
* to discover
* to research

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* exploração
* explorador

### Further reading

* “explorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin explorāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡsploˈɾaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.ploˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ex‧plo‧rar

### Verb

explorar (first-person singular present exploro, first-person singular preterite exploré, past participle explorado)
* to explore

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* exploración
* explorador

### Further reading

* “explorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10